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Privacy Policy

Effective date: August 4, 2026  ·  Last updated: August 11, 2026

Plain-English summary: Bartr collects the information needed to run a safe, fair ticket marketplace — account details, payment info, and listing activity. We don't sell your data. We share it only with the service providers needed to operate the platform. You can request deletion of your account and data at any time.

1. Who We Are

Bartr Technologies, Inc. ("Bartr," "we," "us," or "our") operates the Bartr mobile application and website (collectively, the "Service"), a peer-to-peer marketplace for buying and selling tickets to live events. We are headquartered in the United States.

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, contact us at info@bartrtix.com.

2. Information We Collect

2.1 Account Information

When you create a Bartr account, we collect:

  • Name and email address
  • Username you choose
  • Password (managed by our authentication provider, Amazon Cognito — never stored in plain text and never visible to Bartr)
  • Phone number and profile details (bio, city, profile photo), if you choose to provide them

2.2 Identity Verification

Before you can buy or sell on Bartr, we are required to verify your identity to comply with applicable laws and to keep the marketplace safe. Verification is performed by Stripe Identity and involves:

  • Government-issued ID (collected and processed by Stripe, not by Bartr)
  • A selfie, which Stripe compares to your ID photo using facial-recognition technology
  • Date of birth, as read from your ID

Your ID images, selfie, biometric comparison data, and date of birth are collected and stored by Stripe under Stripe's Privacy Policy — they are never transmitted to or stored on Bartr's servers. Bartr stores only the outcome (verified or not) and a reference to the verification session.

2.3 Payment Information

Bartr uses Stripe to process all payments. We do not store your full credit card number, CVV, or bank account details on our servers. Stripe collects and stores your payment information under Stripe's Privacy Policy. We retain:

  • Last four digits and card type (for display purposes)
  • Billing ZIP code and state (used to calculate sales tax on Bartr+ membership purchases; sales tax on ticket purchases is based on where the event is held, not on your location)
  • Transaction history (amounts, dates, event names)

Sellers who receive payouts set up a payout account with Stripe. Your bank account details and any information Stripe requires for payouts are collected by Stripe directly; Bartr stores only your payout account identifier and its status. Sale proceeds are held with Stripe, our payment processor, and are paid out after the event takes place.

2.4 Listing and Transaction Data

When you list, buy, bid on, or sell tickets, we collect:

  • Event name, date, venue, and seat information
  • Listing price, bid amounts, and accepted offer amounts
  • Delivery email addresses — the email addresses you verify for supported ticketing platforms (e.g., Ticketmaster, AXS), used for verified ticket delivery
  • Ticket screenshots sellers upload as proof of ownership. These images are analyzed automatically (using Amazon Textract and Amazon Rekognition, within our cloud infrastructure) to validate ticket details and detect fraud
  • Transaction status and timestamps

2.5 AI Assistant and Support

Bartr includes an in-app AI assistant ("Bart") that can answer questions about your listings, sales, and how the marketplace works. When you chat with Bart:

  • Your messages are processed by an AI model (Anthropic's Claude, hosted on Amazon Bedrock within our cloud infrastructure). Your conversations are not used to train AI models
  • Conversation transcripts are retained for up to 30 days and then automatically deleted — and deleted immediately if you delete your account
  • If you rate an assistant response, that feedback (including the related conversation excerpt) may be retained for up to 90 days and reviewed by our team to improve the assistant

Please don't share sensitive personal information (such as passwords or full payment card numbers) in the assistant chat. If you contact support or file an in-app bug report, we collect your message, your email address, your device model, operating system, and app version, and any screenshots you attach. Bug reports and their screenshots are deleted when you delete your account (see Section 5).

2.6 Device Data and Location

We collect a minimal amount of device data:

  • Push notification token — if you enable notifications, we store a device token issued by Google's Firebase Cloud Messaging so we can deliver push notifications
  • Location — with your permission, the app uses your device's location on your device only to select the nearest supported city. Your precise coordinates are never sent to or stored on Bartr's servers. Venue maps in the app are rendered by Google Maps, which receives the map area being displayed in order to draw it
  • Infrastructure logs — like virtually all internet services, our cloud providers process IP addresses transiently to deliver the Service and protect it from abuse

The Bartr app does not contain third-party advertising, analytics, or tracking SDKs, and we do not track your activity across other companies' apps or websites.

2.7 Mailing Lists and Waitlists

If you join a Bartr mailing list or a city waitlist, we collect your email address. Mailing lists are managed through beehiiv; city-waitlist signups are stored in our own database. These addresses are used solely to send you launch news, availability updates, and early access invitations. You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in any email we send. If you delete your Bartr account, city-waitlist signups tied to your account's email address are deleted with it.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

  • Create and manage your account
  • Facilitate ticket listings, bids, purchases, and transfers
  • Process payments, and hold sale proceeds with our payment processor until after the event so buyers are protected during ticket delivery
  • Verify your identity as required for marketplace participation
  • Calculate Deal Scores, suggest an asking price when you create a listing (all sellers), and automatically adjust listing prices for Bartr+ members who turn that on
  • Send transactional notifications (purchase confirmations, bid updates, delivery status)
  • Detect and prevent fraud, fake listings, and account abuse
  • Respond to support requests and resolve disputes
  • Improve the Service by analyzing aggregate marketplace activity
  • Comply with applicable laws and regulations

We do not use your information for targeted advertising. We do not sell your personal data to third parties.

4. How We Share Your Information

4.1 Other Users

To facilitate transactions, limited information is shared between buyers and sellers. Sellers receive the buyer's verified delivery email address (so they can complete the ticket transfer). Other users see your public marketplace profile — your display name, username, profile photo, and seller ratings — on your listings and on shared order screens. Your display name is chosen by you and can be changed at any time in your profile settings; if you don't want it to be your real name, edit it there. Bartr never shares your phone number, payment details, or other financial information with other users, and your account email address is shared only if it is also the delivery email you verified for ticket transfer.

4.2 Service Providers

We share data with trusted third-party providers who help us operate the Service:

  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) — authentication (Cognito), cloud infrastructure, data storage, automated ticket-image analysis (Textract and Rekognition), and AI assistant hosting (Bedrock)
  • Stripe — payment processing, holding of sale proceeds until payout, seller payout accounts (Stripe Connect), identity verification (Stripe Identity), and sales tax calculation (Stripe Tax)
  • Postmark — delivery of transactional email (receipts, verification codes, and account notifications)
  • Google — push notification delivery (Firebase Cloud Messaging) and in-app venue maps (Google Maps)
  • Anthropic — the AI model behind the in-app assistant, accessed through Amazon Bedrock within our cloud infrastructure; conversations are not used to train AI models
  • beehiiv — mailing list management for launch news and updates

All service providers are contractually bound to use your data only for the purposes we specify and to maintain appropriate security standards.

4.3 Legal Requirements

We may disclose your information if required to do so by law, subpoena, or court order, or if we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect the rights, property, or safety of Bartr, our users, or the public.

4.4 Business Transfers

If Bartr is acquired, merged, or undergoes a change of control, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction. We will notify you via email and/or a prominent notice in the app before your data is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

5. Data Retention

We retain your account information for as long as your account is active. Transaction records are retained for a minimum of 7 years to comply with financial recordkeeping requirements. AI assistant conversation transcripts are automatically deleted within 30 days (or immediately when you delete your account).

When you delete your account (via Settings → Delete Account), we promptly delete:

  • Your profile and login credentials, including your profile photo
  • Your saved payment methods (your Stripe customer record is deleted, which removes your saved cards)
  • Bug reports you filed in the app, including any screenshots attached to them
  • Ticket screenshots you uploaded as proof of ownership
  • City-waitlist signups tied to your account's email address
  • Your AI assistant conversation history

Any active bids or pending offers are cancelled and the resulting holds on your card are released. Your name is anonymized on past listings, bids, and offers. Some records are retained after account deletion:

  • Transaction and payment records, as required by law and to handle refunds, chargebacks, and disputes
  • Ratings and reviews you left for other users, which remain to preserve marketplace integrity but are no longer linked to an active profile
  • Support correspondence you sent us by email
  • Records held by Stripe (payments, identity verification), which Stripe retains under its own legal obligations

Keeping a transaction record does not mean keeping everything on it. The delivery email address you verified for an order is removed from that record — and from any chargeback evidence we assembled for it — once the period in which your bank could still dispute the charge has passed. If that period is still open when you delete your account, the address is removed automatically once it closes.

You can ask us to remove retained data that isn't legally required by emailing info@bartrtix.com.

6. Your Rights and Choices

Depending on where you live, you may have the following rights:

  • Access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
  • Correction: Request correction of inaccurate personal data
  • Deletion: Request deletion of your account and associated personal data
  • Data portability: Request your data in a machine-readable format
  • Opt-out of marketing emails: Use the unsubscribe link in any email

To exercise any of these rights, email info@bartrtix.com or use the "Delete Account" option in the app settings. We will respond within 30 days.

7. Security

We use industry-standard security measures including TLS encryption for data in transit, encrypted storage for sensitive data at rest, and access controls that limit which Bartr employees can access personal data. No method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

8. Children's Privacy

Bartr is not directed at children under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18, and government-ID identity verification is required before anyone can buy or sell on the marketplace. If you believe a minor has created an account on Bartr, please contact us at info@bartrtix.com and we will delete the account promptly.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. For material changes, we will notify you via email or a notice within the app at least 14 days before the change takes effect. Your continued use of the Service after the effective date constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

10. Contact Us

If you have questions, concerns, or requests related to this Privacy Policy, please reach out:

  • Email: info@bartrtix.com

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